ranchome
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I am in need of a front driveshaft bearing for my Troybuilt horse. I've tried Troybuilt and Jack's Small engines. Both say are not in stock on their websites. Does anyone know a good source for OEM parts for these old faithfuls?
Parts for Troybuilt Horse tiller
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xlr82v2
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If you can get the number off of the old bearing, you might be able to get it at NAPA, etc.
oldmanmike
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Thanks oldmanmike. I did end up getting the bearing and seal from Napa. The bearings are marked with the Timken #'s so it was an easy match. The seal we just measured the shaft diameter and the cup diameter to find a match.
2) bearings (front and rear)
1) seal
gear oil
Total $26.50
No shipping, and I have them today. Napa showed drive belts available but couldn't tell me if they were a matched set or not, so I ordered them from Troy-built.
Thanks again for your help.
2) bearings (front and rear)
1) seal
gear oil
Total $26.50
No shipping, and I have them today. Napa showed drive belts available but couldn't tell me if they were a matched set or not, so I ordered them from Troy-built.
Thanks again for your help.
Just an update on my repairs. I installed the new front and rear main shaft bearings and seals yesterday. Everything went great until i went to reassemble the shaft. When I put all the shims in I still had bunches of endshaft play. Turns out the rear worm gear (drives the tines) and the adjacent spacer has worn a lot on the sides. I believe this was caused by not enough gear lube in the transmission. It was lower than the connecting tube level. So now I have to replace the rear worm and it's spacer.
I bought this tiller off a local fellow who said it ran great, only needed the belts tightened, (right) but since I only paid $50.00 for it and the engine started first lick I knew I'd be ok. Right now I'm into it a little under $100.00 so after I get the rest of the repairs done (thinking the gear lube was low due to leaking wheel axle seals, so I'll need to replace them) I believe I'll have a little under $200.00 invested. Not bad I think.
I bought this tiller off a local fellow who said it ran great, only needed the belts tightened, (right) but since I only paid $50.00 for it and the engine started first lick I knew I'd be ok. Right now I'm into it a little under $100.00 so after I get the rest of the repairs done (thinking the gear lube was low due to leaking wheel axle seals, so I'll need to replace them) I believe I'll have a little under $200.00 invested. Not bad I think.
oldmanmike
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I would probably run into the same problems if I have to do the same, so thanks. I think it's worth it to go ahead. My Horse-1 runs great, even though it has minor problems.